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Giovan Battista Tiepolo 1696 – 1770 Rachel Hides her Father's Idolsfresco (400 × 500 cm) — 1726 - 1729
Giovan Battista Tiepolo biography This work is linked to Genesis 31:35 Rate this work of art:
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To compensate for a lack of dowry, Rachel takes her father's statues of familiars (terafim) when she sets out for Canaan with her husband Jacob. Her father, Laban, catches up with them and demands his possessions back. Jacob does not know what Rachel has done. Rachel is shown sitting in the saddle with the statues, claiming she cannot get up since she is menstruating. Presumably Tiepolo used himself as a model for Jacob. |
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